I have a copy and I find it excellent. Very informative--Carol Winn Ott David Alban wrote: > > To All, > The copy of The History of the Gwydir Family and Memoirs by Sir John > Wynn was "Edited with Introduction and Notes > by J. Gwynfor Jones, publ. by Gress, 1990. > Many charts in the back of the book. > Vi > > Myles Johnson wrote: > > >Hi All, > >Before anyone goes rushing off to get this Quinton repro of the 1878 > >edtion of Sir John's book, I would suggest that a more usable purchase > >of this work is a "Welsh Classics" edition, edited by J. Gwynfor Jones, > >the expert on this Wynn fmaily, because Jones' edition has an > >invaluable set of annotatations to explain and interpret the original. > >The original is actually not terribly useful -- I have one but while it > >is handsome, it is not very readable. > > > >J.G.Jones' edition has the features one needs to understand the > >importance of Sir John's history of his family. It is not expensive. > >Published in 1990 in hardback by Gomer Press at L. 14.95, I got it thru > >amazon.uk, I think. It should be in print because I suspect Dr. Jones > >uses it as a text in his Univ. of Wales courses. > > > >It also contains a 2nd item by Sir John called "Memoirs". The two texts > >are indexed and annotated together, so you get a ton of quickly > >accesible data and info. > > > >Good luck. > > > >Myles Johnson > > > >**************************************************************** > > > >The Thill Group Inc wrote: > > > > > >>Back last winter [Jan-Feb time frame] I ordered the "The History of the > >>Gwydir Family, Sir John Wynne.... from Quintin Publications...because it was > >>out of print and could find no copies any where... they said it would be 40 > >>days because they have to get authoization and also they have to scan the > >>book in and or get a scanned copy from the LDS... they contacted me in > >>August and said it was still in the works... Ok.. so now they have the book > >>in their files so it should be the normal 10-20 days to get it... or faster > >>if you want a cd of it... I paid $23.92 for book, tax and shipping and I > >>received it today it is a spiral bound book with the original cover copied > >>on to a tan card stock, and then the pages of the book copied and placed in > >>side the spiral bindings and then the back cover is the tan card stock > >>also.. so not bad for that price. > >> > >>IF you want a copy you might contact them. This is the Web page where you > >>can order it. It is at the very bottom of the list under GWYDIR: > >>http://www.quintinpublications.com/familygenealogies_guli.html > >> > >>GWYDIR The History of the Gwydir Family., Wynne, Sir John., (1878) 172 Book > >>$18.92, CD $10.95 > >> > >>They say: "Since all of the titles offered through Quintin's Family History > >>Centre are custom produced for your order, we ask an average of 40 working > >>days to fulfill each request. This time will allow us to produce a quality > >>assured product for you. If you are in search of a genealogy not found on > >>these pages please do not hesitate to ask us. We have many sources and > >>might be able to provide you with the product you desire. > >> > >>Printed Version. The cost of each custom-produced title is little more than > >>it would cost to photocopy each volume - only 11¢ per page ( 9¢ per page for > >>books over 1,000 pages) for a professionally photocopied volume. A 250 page > >>book would cost you only $27.50. There is a minimum price of $10.95 per > >>title. We think that you'll agree that's a reasonable price for custom > >>printing of an out-of-print title. > >> > >>Digital Version. If you prefer to have your chosen title on CD-ROM, the > >>cost is only 5¢ per page. There is a minimum price of $10.95 per title. > >> > >>In several cases it is impossible to determine the accurate price for a > >>genealogy because of a lack of bibliographic information. In general, these > >>books can run from 10 pages to more than 900 pages per volume. Such > >>genealogies are priced with "XXX". By ordering these items you agree to pay > >>the per page cost of the volume(s) based upon the pricing structure as > >>explained above. > >> > >>Ok balls in your court if you want one. > >>Hugs Cuz Becky > >>ttg-inc@attbi.com > >>http://www.ttg-inc.net > >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >